[TFT] Patch changes and meta-forecasts anticipated from Patch 15.4 PBE

summary

The changes in patch 15.4 have been organized based on the latest information from tactics.tools.

This article provides a meta-forecast of the major adjustments and their impact on the environment.

Changes

unit

• chive (edible plant, Allium schoenoprasum)
  • AD: 45/68/101 → 50/75/113
  • Mana: 0/60 → 0/50
• Marfite
  • Automatic effect (AR per number of items): 20 → 12
  • HP: 750/1350/2430 → 700/1260/2268
• chi-sa
  • Skill damage: 44/65/104 → 42/62/98
• catalina
  • AS: 0.80 → 0.75
• Jannah.
  • Skill damage: 110/165/260 → 130/195/310
• Vai.
  • Physical recovery: 200/250/300 → 230/280/330
• woodia
  • Recovery per normal attack: 160/200/250 → 130/170/220
• jigsaw
  • Skill damage: 200/300/465 → 230/345/550
• smolder
  • Skill damage: 215/325/515 → 225/340/540
• Senna.
  • Skill damage (main): 425/640/1055 → 400/600/970
  • Skill damage (sub): 94/141/232 → 88/132/213
• Darius.
  • AS: 0.85 → 0.80
• Marzahar
  • Mana: 0/35 → 0/30
• Yasuo.
  • AS: 0.90 → 0.75
• akari
  • AS: 0.80 → 0.70
• latte
  • Durability when skill is activated: 50/55/85 → 45/50/85
• Samira.
  • Skill damage: 80/120/650 → 105/160/650
• bollivea
  • AS: 0.90 → 0.85
• poppy
  • Shield: 500/575/1200 (see AP) -> 390/528/1256 (see HP+AP)
  • Skill damage (main): 310/498/4782 → 250/375/4000
  • Skill damage (sub): 115/189/1891 → 125/200/1500
• yummi
  • Skill damage: 28/42/150 → 24/36/150
  • Fixed damage (per 5 pages): 38 → 32
• Leona.
  • Defense taken away by sunburst: 1.5 per potential → 1 per potential
• zaira (edible plant, Allium cepa)
  • Skill: 80/120/999 → 90/135/999
  • AS increase for non-plant allies: 55/75/1014% → 35/50/1009%.
• root of a catcher
  • Health: 1200/2160/3888 → 800/1440/2592
• Twisted Fate
  • Skill damage (main): 120/180/1500 → 200/300/9999
  • Skill damage (sub): 26/40/500 → 15/25/500
• Braum.
  • AS: 0.80 → 0.75
• yonk (i.e. of a dog)
  • AS: 1.00 → 0.90
  • AR: 70 → 75
  • MR: 70 → 75
• Lee Shin
  • Attack Speed: 1.00 → 0.90

special characteristic

• protector
  • (2) Shield amount: 20% → 18
  • (4)Shield amount: 40%→36
  • (6)Shield amount: 60%→55%.
• Prodigy (automatic mana recovery)
  • (4) Automatic mana recovery: 2 | 6 → 1 | 6
  • (5) Automatic mana recovery: 3 | 7 → 1 | 7
• heavyweight
  • (6) Additional HP: 60% → 65
• Mighty Robot
  • Lifesteal: 12.1% of the total damage inflicted → 12% of the total damage inflicted
• luchador
  • (2) Recovery amount: 15% to 25
  • (4) Recovery: 35% to 50%.
• lace
  • Activation interval of the shadow realm: 5 sec → 4 sec

item

• red buff
  • AS: +40% → +45
• Kraken’s wrath
  • AD: +20% → +10
  • New effect: up to 20 stacks. Gain +40% attack speed for 20 normal attacks.
• Nasher Tooth
  • Old: AS +30% for 5 seconds after skill
  • New: +2 mana on normal attack (+4 on critical)
• Arkangel Staff
  • Accumulation: AP+30 every 5 seconds → AP+20
  • Basic AP: +20 → +30
• blue buff
  • Mana auto-recovery: +6% → +5
  • New effect: AD/AP +10% from any source
• Quiksilver
  • AS: +30% → +10
  • AS stack: +3% every 2 seconds during effect duration → +3% stack every second
• Infinity Force
  • AD/AS/AP/Armor/MR/HP: +25%/250 each → +30%/300 each
• manazane
  • Mana recovered after initial activation: 120 → 100
• fishbone
  • Attack Speed: +50% → +30
• Mind-body control pendant
  • Mana increase on AA: 2% of total mana → 1%.
• Rich Bain
  • Additional magic damage: 240/320/400/480/540 → 240/320/450/525/600
• Rapid Fire Cannon
  • Attack Speed: +66% → +75
• Dawn of Silvermere
  • Attack Damage: +110% → +120%.
• flicker blade
  • Growth per 5 AA: +4AD/+5AP → +3AD/+4AP
• Demacia’s crown
  • Condition change: depends on the position of the vanguard/rear guard → unified to “automatic recovery if the equipped person is a tank/increased AD/AP if the equipped person is not”.
• Radiant Red Buff
  • AS: +60% → +65%
• Radiant The Wrath of the Kraken
  • AD: +30% → +20
  • New effect: up to 20 stacks, 20 AAs, attack speed +80%.
• Radiant Nasher Tooth
  • Old: AS+60% for 8 seconds after skill
  • New: +4 mana on normal attack (+8 on critical)
• Radiant Ark Angel Staff
  • Accumulation: AP+40 every 4 seconds → AP+35
  • Basic AP: +60 → +55
• Radiant Blue Buff
  • AD/AP: +45%/+45 → +30%/+30
  • New effect: AD/AP +20% from any source
• Radiant Quiksilver
  • Attack Speed: +50% → +25
  • AS stack: +7% every 2 seconds for 18 seconds → +6% per second

augment

• Space Camp
  • Old: Every time you raise the star level of “The Crew” Champion to 2, you get a random “The Crew” member of cost 1 or 2.
  • New: Each time you upgrade a cost 1 “The Crew” Champion, you get a random cost 1-3 “The Crew” Champion.
• council of teachers
  • Effect: +10% increase → Deleted
  • Champion won: Udia → Kobuko

making more powerful

• ice vendor
  • Additional damage (adjacent): +30% → +25
• all out
  • Increased starting AD: +40% → +45
• Surge 66
  • Basis: AS +15% → +20
• socialite
  • Duration: 5 rounds → 4 rounds
  • Mass effect: Dame increase +12%/HP+150 → Dame increase +10%/HP+120
• desperado
  • Bullet damage per 12 AA: 120% → 140%.
• finalist
  • Increase per destroyer: +2%/+2% → +3%/+3
• final assent
  • Lv7: AP +5% every 3 AA → +6%.
  • Lv10: Additional Wave Damage: 55% → 60%.
• fairy-tale
  • Fairy damage: 80-250 → 80-275
• bladed sword
  • Chained physical damage: 20% of base AD → 25%.
• Max Arcana
  • Basic AP: +22% → +20
• mage
  • Demerit: 25% total damage reduction → 20%.
• mechanical pilot
  • Robo-granted status: AD/AP/AS 100% → 80%.
• mechanical blade
  • AS: 3% of maximum strength → 4%
  • Mana gain from normal attacks: +2 → +5
• end-stage monster
  • Increased damage per ally destroyed: +4% → +4.5
• the best girl
  • Smolder AD: +12% → +14
  • Cog-Mau AP: +12% → +14%.
• mediocre
  • AS: 30-85% → 40-100
• Gathering Strength
  • Stack gain: 40% of mana consumed → 45%.
• Small fears
  • AS: +12% → +15%
  • Reduction avoidance time: 4 sec → 3 sec
• strong spark
  • Blitz damage (max. strength%): 9% → 11
• discerning (quick) eye
  • Magic defense penetration: 40% → 45
• master of aggression
  • AD amplification from other sources: +30% → +35
• Maximum speed
  • Permanent AS (3 kills/per assist): +1.5% → +1
• Serious slum
  • First strike damage: 175% → 210%.
• unmatched (unparalleled) accuracy
  • Fixed AS notation: 0.70 (notation correction: 70 → 0.7) / AS → AD conversion 0.8%, normal attack + mana 5 is maintained
• biological barrier
  • Rear AS increase: 1% per Armor+MR total 30 → 1.5
• Herd Tactics
  • Compatriot Dame: 15%BaseAD → 18%BaseAD
• those who shoulder the burden
  • HP increase: +35% → +30
• hungry hero
  • Purchase of physical/attack strength: +75HP/+3AD → +100HP/+4AD
• hyperactive
  • AS when destroyed: +90% → +100%
• Applicable Skin
  • Maximum total defense: 60 → 80
• heavy blow
  • Physical defense penetration: 40% → 45
• soul-crushing
  • MR decrease: -4 → -5
• Master of Magic
  • AP amplification from other sources: +30% → +35%.

meta-expected

With the nerfing of Malfite, Socialite, and Prodigy, the power of the sniper/mentor/prodigy configuration that led the environment in late 15.3 is expected to settle down.
Also, adjustments will be made around Vals 95, which had been highly powered before the discovery of Socialite x Mentor, and its power is expected to be somewhat reduced as well.

On the other hand, Samira, which was underpowered in the previous patch, has been buffed significantly, and configurations employing these (Soul Fighter, Edge Lord, etc.) may emerge in the meta.

In general, I have the impression that this patch suppresses the outstandingly strong configurations and raises the unfavorable ones (with the exception of the reroll configurations).

Although the final impact of the major item modifications, such as Kraken’s Wrath/Nasher Tooth/Quicksilver, is still too early to tell, we expect the patch to be more balanced from the unit’s perspective than the previous patch and to offer a wider range of composition options.

Manager, Yama-Koyama

Is it like balancing the composition of 4-cost and above for once?